It's Still Life

Day 18: Create a observation log of a specific species
of bird that you have been monitoring throughout the challenge.

There’s a Squirrel in the Birdbath

A robin flies into the window,
makes a sound.
It’s nowhere to be seen.

When a pigeon does that,
there’s flapping and crashing,
you’d think an assassin got at it.

There’s a nest in the grapevine
with chicks.

They weep and sing
like Adam’s children.

A grey squirrel’s
in the birdbath. A pigeon joins in.

The robin has returned.
A silhouette on the fence
with winged insects in its beak.

It twitters a funnel of music
into my ear.

The nest belongs to the robin.

The garden has taken on
a peculiarly morbid theme.
Shifting shadows in the roses.

The robin watches
the beans and peas ebbing away.
Browns and siena.

The odds aren’t on rain soon.

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Written for the Wildness Challenge, Day 18. Create a detailed observation log of a specific species of bird that you have been monitoring throughout the challenge. Artwork is created using Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.